Antique American Postcards

"Avalon from the north, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Detroit Photographic. Number 5831. Unused. Copyright 1902.

"Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 3205. Postmarked 1907, Avalon, Cal.

"Avalon Bay, Catalina Island, California". Color embossed printed postcard, UB. Publisher not given. Number 502. Unused. Probably circa 1906.

"Str. Cabrillo at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Detroit Publishing Co. Number 9033. Written on but unused. 1907 in written message.

"Fort Humboldt, Eureka, California". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco. Number 533. Unused. Probably circa 1906.

"Caves of La Jolla, Calif.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Detroit Photographic Co. Number 5155. Unused. Copyright 1899.

"Pier and Pavilion, Long Beach, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 3006. Postmarked 1905, Los Angeles, Cal.

"Normal School, Los Angeles, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by E. P. Charlton & Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Unused. Probably circa 1906.

"Residence of Homer Laughlin, Los Angeles, Cal. (Where President McKinley stopped while in Los Angeles)". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Edward Mitchell, San Francisco. Number 111. Postmarked 1905, Ocean Park, ?, and Los Angeles, Cal.

"Monument and Cannon, Central Park, Los Angeles, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 3003. Postmarked 1906, Los Angeles, Cal.

"Private grounds on Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal.". Black & red printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 569. Unused. Probably circa 1905.

"Quiet waters, East Lake Park, Los Angeles, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Detroit Publishing Co. Number 8591. Unused. Copyright 1906.

"Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, Cal.". Dark blue printed postcard, UB. Published by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Number 303. Postmarked 1906, Los Angeles, Cal., and Toledo, Ohio.

"The Dry Dock, Mare Island Navy Yard, California". Sepia color printed postcard, UB. Published by Frank J. Stumm, Benicia, California. Postmarked 1905, Vallejo, Cal.

"Circular bridge from Millard's Canyon. Mt. Low". Black & white printed postcard. Published by Oscar Newman, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 2549. Unused. Copyright 1905.

"Mt. Lowe Incline, Pacific Electric Railway". Color printed postcard. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 133. Unused. Probably circa 1906.

"Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe, Cal.". Dark blue-green color printed postcard, UB. Published by J. T. Sheward, Los Angeles, Calif. WONPU. Date of Feb. 1906 written on postacrd.

"Lake Merritt, Oakland, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Detroit Publishing Co. Number 8567. Postmarked 1906, Oakland, Cal., and Brattleboro, Vt.

"Pasadena in winter". Color printed postcard. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 3300. Unused. Probably circa. 1906.

"Picking flowers at Pasadena and the snow eight feet deep on Mt. Wilson, Cal.". Color printed postcard. Published by Oscar Newmann, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 1507. Unused. Probably circa. 1906.

"A Few Carnations". [The written message says: "Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, Cal. Jan 1st '04"]. Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 631. Postmarked Jan 2, 1904, Los Angeles, Cal., and Jan 6, 1904, Bremen, Ohio.

"A Japanese Party". [This is probably one of the horse-drawn carriages in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena]. Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 629. Postmarked Jan 20, 1906, Pasadena, Cal., and Jan 25, 1906, Milford, N.H.

"The New Glenwood, Riverside, California". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 633. Postmarked 1904, Riverside, Cal.

"A Pioneer Rose Tree in California. Riverside". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 659. Unused. Probably circa 1905.

"Rear view of Capitol, Sacramento, Cal.". Black & white printed postcard, UB. Published by A. J. Johnston Co. Postmarked 1906, Sacramento, Cal., and Bangor, Pa.

"Home of Ramona, California". [This is in San Diego]. Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco. Number 60. Postmarked 1906, San Jose, Cal., and Johnstown, N.Y.

"Palms at Old town, San Diego, California, planted 1769". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco. Number 790. Unused. Probably circa 1906.

"Sweetwater Dam, near San Diego, California". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco. Number 788. Postmarked 1907, Duarte, Cal., and Canton, Ill.

"Looking down Market Street from Call Building, San Francisco, California". Color printed postcard. Published by Charles Weidner, San Francisco. Number 127. Postmarked 1905, San Francisco, Cal., and Burlington, Iowa.

"James Flood Building, San Francisco, California". Color printed postcard. Published by Charles Weidner, San Francisco. Number 163. Unused. Probably circa 1905.

"Interior of Chinese Joss House". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Edward M. Mitchell, San Francisco. Number 159. Postmarked 1905, San Francisco, Cal., and Burlington, Iowa.

"Museum, G. G. Park, San Francisco". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Goeggel & Weidner Publishers, San Francisco. Number 5. Unused. Probably circa 1905.

"Sutro Heights, San Francisco, California". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Charles Weidner, San Francisco. Number 2. Unused. Probably circa 1905.

"United States Mint, San Francisco, California". Black & white printed postcard, UB. Published by E. P. Charlton & Co. Postmarked 1906, San Francisco Cal., and Nevada City, Cal. [This was mailed March 15, 1906, four weeks before the big earthquake!].

[No words] [Shows devastation and ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]. Color printed postcard. Published by Richard Behrendt, San Francisco. Number 280. Unused. Probably 1906.

"Examiner Building". [Shows ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]. In the message area on front there is a printed ad: "Vote to let us spend our $4,000,000.00 in Denver. ... - Automatic Telephone Company". Black & white printed postcard. Published by Richard Behrendt, San Francisco. Number 222. Postmarked 1906, Denver, Colo.

"California Street, east from Kearney". Black & white printed postcard. Published by Richard Behrendt, San Francisco. Number 225. Unused. Copyright 1906.

"Earthquake refugees in Jefferson Square". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by N. Y. Sunday American & Journal. Unused. Copyright 1906.

"Camps at North Beach, San Francisco". Black & white printed postcard. Published by Richard Behrendt, San Francisco. Number 209. Unused. Probably circa 1906.

"Ruins of the Church of the Advent, San Francisco". Color printed postcard. Published by W. R. Hearst, American-Journal-Examiner. Copyright 1906. Postmarked 1907, Milwaukee, Wis., and Appleton, Wis.

"St. Francis Hotel and Union Square, San Francisco, Cal. Entirely destroyed by earthquake and fire, April 18th, 1906". Black & white printed postcard, UB. Published by Souvenir Post Card Co., N.Y. Number 4633. Postmarked 1906, Boston, Mass.

"Street scene, Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. Destroyed by earthquake and fire, April 18th, 1906, leaving nothing but hole 1000 ft. deep". Black & white printed postcard. Published by Souvenir Post Card Co., N.Y. Number 4634. WONPU. Probably published 1906. 1907 in written message.

"St. Claire Club, San Jose, Cal". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Detroit Photographic Co. Number 6450. Unused. Copyright 1902. Postmarked 1906, San Jose, Cal.

"A California orchard in blossom". Color printed postcard. Published by Edward M. Mitchell, San Francisco. Number 604. Unused. Postmarked 1906, San Jose, Cal.

"Bells, San Juan Capistrano Mission". Hand colored printed postcard. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 2524. Number 4908 Postmarked 1905, Los Angeles, Cal. and Ottawa, Canada.

"Ruined arches at San Juan Capistrano Mission, Cal.". Color printed postcard. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 3210. Unused. Probably circa 1906-07.

"Arlington Hotel and Annex, Santa Barbara, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 687. Unused. Probably circa 1905.

"Greetings from Santa Barbara. A Montecito adobe residence". Black & white printed postcard, UB. Publisher not given. Postmarked 1904, Santa Barbara, Cal., and Chicago, Ill.

"Long Bridge above Congress Springs, Santa Clara Co., Cal.". Color printed postcard. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 2723. Postmarked 1907, Laurel, Cal.

"Light-house Point, Santa Cruz, Cal.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Souvenir Post Card Co., Santa Cruz, Cal. Number 3889. Postmarked 1907, Santa Cruz, Cal.

"Big Trees Station, near Santa Cruz, Cal., Southern Pacific R. R.". Color printed postcard. Publisher not given. Postmarked 1905, Felton, Cal.

"Calla Lillies". [This appears to be in Palisades Park, Santa Monica, CA]. Color printed postcard. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles. Number 129. Unused. Probably circa 1906.

"High School Building, Stockton, California". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by E. P. Charlton & Co. Unused. Probably circa 1906.

"The Domes and Washington Column, Yosemite Valley". Color printed postcard. Published by Detroit Photographic Co. Number 6131. Copyright 1902. Postmarked 1907, Scott City, Kans.

"After the rabbit drive, California". [Location not given]. Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Charles Weidner, Photographer, San Francisco. Number 48. Postmarked 1906, Bridgeport, Cal., and Nevada City, Cal.

"Picking oranges near snow fields, southern California". [Location not given]. Color printed postcard, UB. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, Cal. Number 578. Postmarked 1905, New York City, N.Y., and Fullerton, Cal.

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